Landmark Cases
Since the 1970s, Lambda Legal has made history through winning legal victories that allowed LGBT people and people with HIV to live their lives with greater dignity, safety and equality under the law.
Below are some of the landmark Lambda Legal cases that have changed the face of LGBT and HIV law.
Landmark case seeking guardianship of a recently disabled woman for her same-sex partner
Pioneering case arguing the reinstatement of Army and National Guard veteran after she was discharged because of her sexual orientation
Case arguing against the Foreign Service's policy of not hiring anyone who is HIV positive
(Amicus) Groundbreaking case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in Vermont
Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in California
Groundbreaking case arguing for the right of students to form a gay-straight alliance and to become a recognized student club
(Amicus) Landmark case challenging the military's sodomy law in the wake of Lawrence v. Texas which overturned all remaining sodomy laws in the U.S.
Case arguing that health care providers' personal religious beliefs do not excuse discrimination against LGBT patients Issues
(Amicus) Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in Connecticut
Case challenging an extreme law that left children adopted by same-sex couples in other states "orphans" when their families moved to or traveled through Oklahoma
Case that won the right for same-sex couples to marry in Iowa
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